Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Introduction to the verb empirer
The English translation of the French verb empirer is “to worsen” or “to deteriorate.” It is pronounced “em-peer-ay.”
The word empirer comes from the Latin verb “imperare,” which means “to command” or “to order.” In everyday French, it is commonly used in the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense could be:
- Il aurait fallu que tu n’aies pas empiré la situation. (It would have been necessary for you not to have worsened the situation.)
- J’aurais préféré que la météo n’ait pas empiré pendant nos vacances. (I would have preferred the weather not to have worsened during our vacation.)
- Il était important que nous n’ayons pas empiré la crise économique. (It was important for us not to have worsened the economic crisis.)
Table of the Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of empirer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | eusse empiré | J’aurais aimé que je eusse empiré. | I wish I had worsened. |
tu | eusses empiré | J’aurais aimé que tu eusses empiré. | I wish you had worsened. |
il | eût empiré | J’aurais aimé qu’il eût empiré. | I wish he had worsened. |
elle | eût empiré | J’aurais aimé qu’elle eût empiré. | I wish she had worsened. |
on | eût empiré | J’aurais aimé qu’on eût empiré. | I wish one had worsened. |
nous | eussions empiré | J’aurais aimé que nous eussions empiré. | I wish we had worsened. |
vous | eussiez empiré | J’aurais aimé que vous eussiez empiré. | I wish you had worsened. |
ils | eussent empiré | J’aurais aimé qu’ils eussent empiré. | I wish they had worsened. |
elles | eussent empiré | J’aurais aimé qu’elles eussent empiré. | I wish they had worsened. |
Other Conjugations for Empirer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
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Empirer – About the French Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Hypothetical Situations
Reported Speech
Doubt, Wishes, and Emotions
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive
Conditional
Summary
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